Financial Crime, AML & KYC Analyst
$75 to $100/hIndicative range provided by Mercor
Posted on July 28, 2026 · Applications until October 19, 2026
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This remote role involves adjudicating transaction monitoring alerts, reviewing KYC packets, and drafting SAR narratives using mock files. Candidates need three or more years of hands-on AML, KYC, or financial crime experience and knowledge of regulatory frameworks.
Description in English, as published by Mercor.
About the work We're building a high-quality library of realistic financial-crime and KYC analyst work products. You'll complete self-contained case exercises from mock files (no live-system or client-data access) and produce the analyst deliverable for each, the same work you'd do on the job, graded against a rubric. Every client-style output ends as a draft.
What you'll do
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Adjudicate transaction-monitoring alerts from an alert packet + KYC/CDD profile + transaction history; document the disposition and draft the SAR narrative where warranted.
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Review client onboarding / KYC packets for completeness and cross-document discrepancies; produce the remediation list.
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Resolve multi-layer beneficial-ownership structures and apply 10%/25% UBO thresholds.
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Adjudicate sanctions and adverse-media hits (true match / false positive / escalate) with a short rationale each.
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Triage supervisory alert queues; adjudicate card fraud & disputes; assess flagged communications against trade records.
You're a fit if you have
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3+ years hands-on in AML / financial-crime, KYC/CDD, sanctions screening, fraud/disputes, or transaction surveillance at a bank, fintech, payments company, or MSB.
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Working knowledge of FinCEN / FATF / OFAC frameworks and SAR / CDD documentation standards.
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Clear, defensible written rationales.
Nice to have
- CAMS/ACAMS or CFE; enhanced due diligence / entity unwinding; SQL or transaction analytics; fintech / payments experience.
Assessment A timed exercise: a mock alert packet → disposition + SAR narrative; a KYC packet → discrepancy & remediation list; a batch of sanctions hits → adjudication with rationale.
Details Contract, hourly (~15 hrs/week), remote, US-based. Pay $75-100/hr based on experience.
About Mercor
Mercor is a US marketplace hiring remote experts for AI and consulting projects, from law to engineering. The original posting is on their site.
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